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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (CA)
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation was established by entrepreneur William R. Hewlett with his wife, Flora Lamson Hewlett, and eldest son Walter B. Hewlett.
The foundation's programs aim to help reduce global poverty, limit risk of climate change, improve educations for students in California and elsewhere, improve reproductive health and rights worldwide, support vibrant performing arts in the community, promote philanthropy, and support disadvantaged communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The foundation is classified as a private foundation under section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Hence, it is independent of the Hewlett packard Company and the Hewlett Packard Company Foundation.
Web Address
www.hewlett.org
Social Media Links
Facebook - www.facebook.com/HewlettFoundation
Twitter - @Hewlett_Found
The foundation's programs aim to help reduce global poverty, limit risk of climate change, improve educations for students in California and elsewhere, improve reproductive health and rights worldwide, support vibrant performing arts in the community, promote philanthropy, and support disadvantaged communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The foundation is classified as a private foundation under section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Hence, it is independent of the Hewlett packard Company and the Hewlett Packard Company Foundation.
Web Address
www.hewlett.org
Social Media Links
Facebook - www.facebook.com/HewlettFoundation
Twitter - @Hewlett_Found
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Recent News from Hewlett Foundation
Legendary Educator Esther Wojcicki Joins Board of Trustees of Holberton School
Foundation: Freedom Forum, Freedom Forum, Hewlett Foundation
25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Holberton School, a college ... Matters," the THNK School of Creative Leadership, and the Freedom...more
Foundation: Freedom Forum, Freedom Forum, Hewlett Foundation
25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Holberton School, a college ... Matters," the THNK School of Creative Leadership, and the Freedom...more
Hilton Foundation Awards $16 Million in Q3 Grants
Foundation: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Firelight Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has announced third-quarter grants totaling $16 million. The grants span the foundation's program areas, both in...more
Foundation: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Firelight Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has announced third-quarter grants totaling $16 million. The grants span the foundation's program areas, both in...more
Hewlett Foundation Awards $7.5 Million Grant to San Francisco Foundation
Foundation: San Francisco Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
San Francisco, CA – The San Francisco Foundation announced that it has received an unrestricted general support grant for $7.5 million from...more
Foundation: San Francisco Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
San Francisco, CA – The San Francisco Foundation announced that it has received an unrestricted general support grant for $7.5 million from...more
How Venture Philanthropists Paul Growald And Eileen Rockefeller Growald Are Tackling The ...
Foundation: Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
With the belief that philanthropy plays an important role in de-risking the ... that there are opportunities on both the business and philanthropic...more
Foundation: Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
With the belief that philanthropy plays an important role in de-risking the ... that there are opportunities on both the business and philanthropic...more
ASU receives grant from Public Interest Technology University Network to support innovation
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
Arizona State University received one of 27 grants awarded as part of ... Originally convened by the Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation and...more
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
Arizona State University received one of 27 grants awarded as part of ... Originally convened by the Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation and...more
The Speed of Trust in an Anxious Era: Recap of the 2019 Nonprofit Management Institute
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Again and again at SSIR's Nonprofit Management Institute 2019, speakers homed in on the importance of people coming together to confront...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Again and again at SSIR's Nonprofit Management Institute 2019, speakers homed in on the importance of people coming together to confront...more
How Nonprofits Can Help Donor Advised Fund Philanthropists Listen and Learn
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
In an article, which is a part of a series that was produced for Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) by Milway Media with the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, addresses the...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
In an article, which is a part of a series that was produced for Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) by Milway Media with the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, addresses the...more
'All for Earth' podcast features climate and clean-energy finance expert Marilyn Waite
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Climate change solutions aren't free, but we know how much saving the ... What we can do is use our capital in innovative ways to show the...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Climate change solutions aren't free, but we know how much saving the ... What we can do is use our capital in innovative ways to show the...more
How the Valley can get philanthropy right with former Hewlett Foundation president Paul Brest
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
It had good philanthropic practices, but it was not very strategically focused. ... Have those sort of technocratic practices made philanthropy...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
It had good philanthropic practices, but it was not very strategically focused. ... Have those sort of technocratic practices made philanthropy...more
Conflict of Interest: Study Claiming Abortion Is Safe Was Funded by Those Who Profit From It ...
Foundation: Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Packard Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
NASEM's report, "The Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States," was financed in part by foundations with possible profit motives.Warren Buffett and the Packard Foundation seeded the...more
Foundation: Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Packard Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
NASEM's report, "The Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States," was financed in part by foundations with possible profit motives.Warren Buffett and the Packard Foundation seeded the...more
Illustrative Grants from Hewlett Foundation
Center on Education Policy-$100,000
Northeast States Center for a Clean Air Future-$20,000
Transportation and Land Use Coalition-$32,000
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law-$300,000
Somos Mayfair-$28,010
Somos Mayfair-$28,010
Transportation and Land Use Coalition-$32,000
Reproductive Health Technologies Project-$32,000
Reproductive Health Technologies Project-$32,000
MBA-Nonprofit Connection-$55,000
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